Jonathan Shipley

Liza Minnelli Tries to Turn Off a Lamp - SNL YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

Some absolute ridiculousness in honor of Liza Minnelli's new memoir. www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...

Matt Stevens Brilliantly Reimagines Good Movies as Old Books | Moss and Fog We can't get enough of this compelling and iconic series, turning movies into vintage book covers.

For film buffs and book nerds, these are brilliant (story c/o @mossandfog.bsky.social). #BookSky mossandfog.com/matt-stevens...

“A bad story is still a story. And I think that’s beautiful. So there's no way to lose.” - Alysia Liu

The Happiest Cities in America in 2026 Fremont, California, was recently named the happiest city in America in 2026, ranking high in well-being — check out the top 25.

I live in #12. That's cool. I like it here. nicenews.com/culture/happ...

Fun fact from a Wisconsinite - Liberace was born and raised right outside of Milwaukee. #WisconsinSky

Sarnia Legionnaires wrap up historic winless season The Sarnia Legionnaires own the record no team wants.

GO LEGIONNAIRES! As a fan of hockey and underdogs, I present the Sarnia Legionnaires who go into the Greater Ontario Hockey League with a 0-50-0-0 record. www.theobserver.ca/sports/local...

7 times labor unions secured rights for workers in Wisconsin Wisconsin has been home to strong union advocates since the nineteenth century, but their path hasn’t always been easy.

Support local unions. (Story c/o @upnorthnewswi.bsky.social) upnorthnewswi.com/community/la...

"A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform." - Diane Mariechild

Celebrating International Women's Day.

This may be the oldest ‘butthole’ imprint on Earth Fossils show exceptionally rare evidence of a cloacal vent—the slit that most vertebrates use to excrete, have sex and lay egg—which could shed light on the evolution of the orifice

Headline of the Day: www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...

Opinion | Time to see journalism as a ‘patriotic responsibility’? Paul Fanlund: Former NBC News Chair Andy Lack founded the nonprofit Mississippi Today and is spreading the gospel of journalism’s benefit to society.

True facts. Journalism is a patriotic responsibility. Support local journalism. (Story c/o @captimes.com) captimes.com/opinion/paul...

Sold-out PWHL game at MSG to set U.S. attendance record The PWHL game on April 4 between the New York Sirens and the Seattle Torrent has sold out Madison Square Garden, with a crowd expected to set a U.S. attendance record for a professional women's hockey...

Women's hockey is awesome. www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/...

Leonardo DiCaprio quietly funds a tiny library in the middle of LA A branch of the city library was built on the grounds of the actor's childhood home.

Leonardo DiCaprio - book nerd (story c/o @sfgate.com). #BookSky www.sfgate.com/la/article/l...

Yellowstone remains the only place in the Lower 48 where every native wild animal present before European arrival still exists.

On this day, in 1872, the world's first national park was founded.

This community festival embraces the joys of a frozen lake — while it still has one As climate change accelerates, local experts say the date Wisconsin's Lake Mendota freezes over is getting later, making safe conditions for activities that rely on snow and ice harder to predict.

I live in a cool town. www.npr.org/sections/the...

"And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good." Happy birthday, John Steinbeck (1902-1968). #BookSky

"I am proud to know you. Proud to be seen with you. Proud and happy while watching you swim, ride, and play tennis; and in each of our activities together: the baseball games, the Races, every day at Greenhorn Ranch, the Malls; Everything; Everywhere. I am admiring of, and deeply affected by, your manner, your kindness, and each new accomplishment. I respect your quiet loyalty to your friends and to each of your parents. You may have noticed that most of the previous sentences begin with “I”. Yet they could not begin with “I” if it weren’t for YOU. You are the dearest daughter a man could have. You have never caused me a moment’s anguish or disappointment. Your qualities are of the best, and if you persist in those qualities throughout life, you will enjoy ever-growing happiness and, by so doing, understand the happiness you bring to others who know you. Especially to me, your father, who loves you." Cary Grant to his daughter, Jennifer, 26th February 1977

On this day in 1977, Cary Grant wrote to his daughter as she turned eleven.

(From 'Evenings With Cary Grant: Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best', by Nancy Nelson. With a foreword by Barbara and Jennifer Grant.)

On this day, in 1964, a 22-year-old Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston to become World Heavyweight Champion. He would soon become Muhammad Ali.

Some of the Most Amazing Trees From Around the World | Moss and Fog From twisted olives to cathedral redwoods, these extraordinary specimens remind us just how wild and beautiful the natural world can be.

Tree-mendous (c/o @mossandfog.bsky.social). mossandfog.com/some-of-the-...

Neuroscientists confirm this common bedtime routine greatly improves sleep Reading at night activates unique areas of the brain and improves memory, sleep, and cognitive abilities in adults.

Having trouble sleeping? Bedtime stories work. #BookSky www.earth.com/news/scienti...

"I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against." On this day, in 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated. I recommend watching the docu-series "Who Killed Malcolm X?"

Thursday Thought:

“If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.” –Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

RIP, Jesse. Here he was in Madison, Wisconsin, circa 1975 (photo c/o Wisconsin Historical Society).

RIP Robert Duvall. You made for a good Boo Radley.

She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live. – Annie Dillard

Happy Birthday to one of the funniest guys ever, Chris Farley, seen here before a show at the Ark Improv Theatre in Madison, WI in ‘87.

Happy birthday, Frederick Douglass (1818-1895). Douglass chose February 14th as his birthday because, having been born into slavery, he never knew his exact birth date. He selected Valentine's Day to honor the memory of his mother, who used to call him her "little Valentine."

I seek and desire,
Even as the wind
That travels the plain
And stirs in the bloom
Of the apple-tree.

I wander through life,
With the searching mind
That is never at rest,
Till I reach the shade
Of my lover’s door.

- Sappho

Happy Valentine's Day #booksky #poetrysky

walgreens sign that says algreens

let's stay together

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." - Happy birthday, Abraham Lincoln

The clamorous owl that nightly hoots and wonders At our quaint spirits.

William Shakespeare